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...claims that the faith's 19th century originator, Mary Baker Eddy, was virtually a second Christ. This flies in the face of Eddy's own claims to be no more than the inspired founder and leader of the movement. Official publication of the volume has led to a rare outburst of protest from within the ranks, with critics charging that apostasy has resulted from both a bizarre bequest and the faith's financial crisis...
...Paris and former Prime Minister, has weighed in to the debate with a vengeance. He voiced sympathy for French families who have to live with the "noise and smells" of tenements inhabited by the newcomers. Cresson proposed last week to charter aircraft to send unlawful immigrants home, but an outburst of protests from fellow Socialists in Parliament caused her to withdraw the idea...
...blues festival in New Orleans when an unexpected visitor entered the room. "You are killing my people!" the woman shouted, turning over tables and ranting that advertisements and promotions aimed at minority smokers are immoral. After 30 seconds, order was restored, and the stunned p.r. staff learned that the outburst was only a drill. Zuke had paid a New York actress $5,000 to stage the disturbance to help event organizers learn how to handle the real thing. "I felt this would be a very dramatic way for me to make points about the issues that face...
...months and 25 days after Iraqi tanks crushed Kuwait beneath their treads, another column of armored vehicles rumbled into the capital city. This time the advancing forces were greeted with an outburst of exultation that rivaled the liberation of Paris during World War II. As columns of Kuwaiti and Saudi tanks and personnel carriers rolled up the battered, wreckage-strewn expressway into Kuwait City, civilian cars formed a convoy around them, horns honking, flags waving. Crowds along the way danced and chanted, "Allah akbar!" "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" and "Thank you, thank you!" Thousands swarmed onto the streets, embracing and kissing...
Washington's public reaction to the King's outburst was mild at first. President Bush said the Jordanians had "made a mistake to align themselves so closely with Saddam," but added that he had tried to understand the pressures on King Hussein. By the next day it was clear that the President, who last Christmas sent King Hussein a card bearing the inscription "I'm still your friend!," had lost his patience. The Jordanians, Bush said, "seem to have moved over, way over into Saddam Hussein's camp." That, he said, "complicates" U.S.-Jordanian relations. The White House announced that...